The general view of scholars is that the Kabbalah had no meaningful influence on Leibniz's thought. } But on the basis of new evidence I am convinced that the question must be reopened. The Kabbalah d
Helmont (1614-98) was a Flemish doctor, alchemist, and student of the Jewish Kabbalah. His first book, A Short Sketch of the Truly Natural Hebrew Alphabet argues that Hebrew was the original language,
"Superb. . . The contributors probe the degree of positive interactions between Jews and Christian and also uncover heretofore-hidden Jewish contributions to the Western intellectual tradition."--Choi
This work focuses on Latin Judaica and Biblical interpretation with a primary emphasis on texts that were found in the library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh of Dublin. This remarkable collection of
